The
newsletter carries articles on IT applications in developing countries which
have created a socio-economic impact, evaluation of national policies on IT
and telecommunications sectors, and paradigms to understand the impact of IT on
development. Relevant conferences announcements, and reviews of conferences
and books are also carried in the newsletter. The readership mainly consists of
IT professionals, academics and administrators concerned with IT policy.

The newsletter has to its credit a legacy of over 10 years of
print publication, reaching 750 individual subscribers and 45 libraries in 40
countries. Past issues can be accessed through the WG
9.4 homepage.